Oaklawn Cemetery
(Decatur City Cemetery)
Wise County, Texas
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    Oaklawn is located just northeast of Decatur. You turn north off the Hwy 380 bypass on the first exit west of FM 51. Follow the signs on Cemetery Road for a little over a mile and you’ll come to the brick entry gate on the right side of the road. There's a second gate just to the north of the brick gate, and also an iron arch sign gate further down the road to the north.

  

Gates are shown with red arrows.

  

    At about forty acres and over 5,000 headstones, Oaklawn is by far the largest cemetery in Wise County. There is a Board of Directors of the Decatur Cemetery Association that oversees the operation for both Sand Hill and Oaklawn Cemeteries. See their web page - http://tx-decatur.civicplus.com/428/Cemetery 
    There's a Historical Marker just inside the brick entrance gate. The text follows:

Oak Lawn Cemetery

     Oak Lawn Cemetery was officially established in 1878 when William T. Perry deeded property to R.M. Collins, the mayor of Decatur, for a public burial ground for area residents. At that time however, at least one marked grave, that of Eli Lindley (d. 1867) existed, indicating that a private cemetery has first been established here. Other marked graves dating as early as 1857 are believed to have been relocated to this site after the public cemetery’s founding.

     The city of Decatur managed the cemetery between 1878 and 1928. During that time, local residents C. and Caroline Harmon generously donated land to the city on four occasions to enlarge the cemetery property. In 1928, in response to the recent formation of a cemetery association by E.P. Gibson, W.P. Thurmond and T.J. Dillehay, the city ceased its’ management of Oak Lawn. Between 1928 and 1986, the Cemetery Association maintained the burial ground, which was again enlarged in 1947 and 1960. In 1986, after the dissolution of the Association, the city of Decatur resumed responsibility for the graveyard.

    Now consisting of over forty acres of property, Oak Lawn Cemetery is the final resting place of over 3,700 area residents.

First Burial - Two Theories

(On historical Marker)

    The first person buried in the cemetery was Eli Lindley although several others with earlier death dates may have been moved here from Sand Hill Cemetery which was the first cemetery in Wise County. Eli Lindley owned 48,000 acres in Jack, Hopkins and Wise Counties. His land one and a half miles north of Decatur was known as the Carlo Ball place, and his sister, Mrs. B.W. Millholland, lived on the land and took care of it for him. When he came to Decatur in April of 1867 he caught pneumonia and died at his sister’s house. They walked and carried his casket from her house to the grave location in the cemetery (Block 3, Lot 42).

(New Research by Alton Cook)

    While researching the genealogy of his Cook and Millhollon ancestors at the Wise County Historical Museum, Alton Cook, now of New Orleans, found some old newspaper articles and other evidence showing that Mrs. Bat Millhollon was the first person buried in the cemetery. She was allegedly poisoned by her slaves and was buried on the east side of the cemetery in 1855. (unmarked grave - Block 4, Lot 21) Click here to read his paper, complete with footnotes, supporting newspaper articles and an aerial map of the cemetery.

The Randolph Vesey Texas Historical Marker
is in Block 8, Lot 12.

Randolph (Uncle Ran) Vesey

(1832 – 1903)

    Born a slave near Savannah, GA, Randolph Vesey was body servant to Confederate General William Lewis Cabell during the Civil War, in 1868, while living on the Montague - Wise County line, Vesey was captured by Indians and taken to Kansas. Black scout Brit Johnson ransomed Vesey with horses contributed by friends in Texas. A natural musician, Vesey often played the violin at dances in the area. He married Missouri (Zoe) Light and had two children.

The Marker Below is in Block 3, Lot 24
and is not a Texas Historical Marker.

Gose Family

This stone marks no grief and no graves. It proudly remembers our pioneer forebears who in 1861 homesteaded land ten miles northeast of the place:

Stephen Mathus Gose (1824 – 1877) and

Mary Frances Gerking Gose (1831 – 1911)

and their children,

Martha Ann Gose Harding, Henrietta Gose Perrin, William David Gose, James Caughey Gose, John Gerking Gose, Mary Frances Gose Waggoner, Margaret Ellen Gose Harvey, Joseph Martin Gose, Stephen Mathus Gose, and Cora Nettie Gose Sellars.

Their lives, their character, and their courage inspire us to live our own lives in the ennobling manner in which they lived theirs.

Dedicated on June 3, 1990 by their living descendants.

    There's 2 Gazebos in the cemetery. One is in the southeast corner. (Block 105, Lot 1), and the other is in Block 1-N, Lot 9.

 
Picture below was taken in 2019 

    The Waggoner mausoleum is in Block 3, Lot 40, and close to it in Lots 39 and 40, is the fenced area of the Electious Halsell family.
  

    There's a water tank in this same area, and north of the brick entry gate and next to the road is Block IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows) part of the cemetery.

   
A pavilion building is now on the lower east side of the cemetery.

Pavilion building in distance (red arrow) taken from the newer north sections. 
Land to the east of this building has been cleared.


View from one of the north sections looking back south. There are many street signs throughout the cemetery.

Another view of the north sections

    Two intersting headstone pictures are below. The first one has the date 'Shot and Died', and the second one has the date 'Killed By Jene White'.
  

Early Pioneers Buried in Oaklawn Cemetery
The following excerpts came from
Pioneer History of Wise County - by Cliff D. Cates, 1907

Ball, Thomas L. - Postmaster of Decatur in 1908 and was instrumental in having established the system of rural mail delivery here. (page 240)

Beard, Campbell Burns - came to Decatur in early days of the town's rush and growth; married Ella Greathouse; left North Carolina for the West in 1873; entered grocery business in Wise County. (page 329)

Bishop, Absalom - named the "county's best friend and the Father of Decatur"; "Bishop ‘ran things' as these were related to the organization of the county and the location of the county capital." Came in 1855 to Wise County and settled on Sweetwater Creek 1804-1883 (page 222)

Brady, H.E. - County Clerk of Wise in 1908; his father, Judge W.W. Brady had held this office for a longer term than any predecessor held any other office of the County government. (page 236)

Carpenter, Jesse C., Mr. & Mrs. - he married daughter of Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Stewart, who was a pioneer physician in Wise County. Mr. Carpenter was one of the foremost citizens of Wise County and a very active and successful cattleman and business man. He died in 1893 when struck by lightning while engaged in unloading a train of cattle at Decatur. He came to Wise in 1863, she and her family in early 1856. (page 260)

Cates, Charles D., Jr. - son of Charles D. Cates, Sr. and Narcissa Cates; father died before Mrs. Cates and her four children came to Wise County in 1855 from Collin County; assisted his mother in farming three miles south of Decatur; came to Decatur in 1857 and entered his brother and brother-in-law's store, Dave Cates and P.P.R. Collom; appointed War Tax Collector in the Confederate service over ten counties; engaged in mercantile business with J.C. Carpenter after the war; general mercantile business for eight years with Cephus W. Woods at Cates & Woods; had business on his own another eight years; built toll bridge across West Fork river at old Bridgeport; built store and saw and grist mill with cotton gin attachments at one end of the bridge; laid out town of Bridgeport; discovered Bridgeport vein of coal while digging a well; married Rowena T. Hale, daughter of Capt. John W. Hale, in 1868; bought house in Decatur and all his children born here. (page 308)

Cates, D.C. (Clabe) - son of Charles D. Cates, Jr.; pioneer merchant, farmer and land owner; married Elizabeth Lindley Portwood, daughter of Eli Lindley and widow of W. H. Portwood. (page 310)

Collins, R.M. - came to Texas to Smith County, some time afterwards came to Wise; attended Sand Hill schools; a merchant at Decatur and Denton after the war; editor and proprietor of the Decatur "Post" and Denton "Monitor"; traveling correspondent for the Texas "Live Stock Journal." (page 266)

Embry, J.A., Dr. & J.M., Dr. - came to Wise County in 1871; Dr. John taught numerous schools in Decatur and from 1879-1882 conducted the large school in the building which stood on lot where the present Methodist Church (in 1908) is located; John A. Embry was a physician (page 331)

Fullingim, Jesse P. - youngest of the seventeen children of Henry Fullingim who came to Wise County from Hopkins County where his father died (page 305)

Gililland, John S. - came to Wise County in 1874; opened blacksmith and woodworking shop in Decatur (page 336)

Gose, J.C., Dr. - son of Major S.M. Gose; taught school at Gose school-house; doctor in Krum; known as "Coy". (page 317)

Gose, Joe M., Dr. - physician in Alvord; son of Major Gose; born at Catlett Creek farm in 1867. (page 319)

Gose, John G., Judge - fifth child of Major S.M. Gose; came to Wise County at six months of age; lawyer; City Attorney in 1894; real estate and loan agent; County Judge two terms; ex-officio Superintendent of County Instruction (page 317)

Gose, S.M., Major - came to Wise County in 1861 and lived in Decatur; blacksmith; justice of the Peace for twelve to fourteen years; Major and Mrs. Gose, the "parents of Methodism in Decatur"; moved four miles north of Decatur and began erection of first real school-house built north of Decatur "Gose school-house". (page 313)

Gose, W.D. - son of Major S.M. Gose; District Clerk of County 1878-1882, studied law and admitted to practice in 1882; vice-president of First National Bank. (page 316)

Hale, John W., Capt. - came to Wise County in 1854, settled four miles north of Decatur; upon organization of the County in 1856 he was elected first sheriff; county's first surveyor; during War, chief enrolling officer and placed in preliminary charge of the post and arsenal at Decatur, from which relation he gained the title he bore; acquired considerable property holdings in Wise and adjoining counties; their daughter Rowena married Charles D. Cates of Decatur. (page 301)

Halsell, Electious - came to Wise County a year or two preceding the county organization; 1857 when Decatur was established moved to town and opened a tavern, the building occupied being the first constructed in the town; father of James Thompson Halsell, Harry H. Halsell, Oscar and Forrest Halsell, Mrs. Gus Whitehead, Mrs. D.C. Walcott, CicilyAnn Waggoner (Mrs. Daniel Waggoner), John Glenn Halsell, George W. Halsell (killed by Indians in spring of 1866, he is buried in the cemetery but Johnny King, former caretaker, said he was buried somewhere else and later moved here), W.E. Halsell, Ida Embry (wife of Dr. Jim Embry of Bowie), R.K. Halsell, and Ella Waggoner (wife of W. T. Waggoner), and Edward Halsell. Last three children were born in Wise County. (page 291)

Halsell, J.G. - son of Electious Halsell; successful cattleman; president of First National Bank of Decatur (page 293)

Hogg, John W. - son of General Joseph L. Hogg, brother of Governor of Texas, James S. Hogg; came to Wise County in 1871; served term Assessor of the county; elected sheriff; County Clerk one term; married Eva Renshaw, daughter of Dr. Wm. Renshaw; postmaster of Decatur for two terms. (page 286)

Lindly, Rufus - came in 1861 with his step-father B.W. Millholland; he was nephew of Eli Lindley; settled on Carlo Ball place one and one-half miles north of Decatur; keeper of the City Hotel in Decatur in 1908 (page 324)

Pickett, George B., Col. - County Judge two terms and five terms as representative in the legislature; author of the bill which authorized the organization of the ranger forces which tended in great part to subdue the Indians after their years of ravages. He first came to Wise County in 1854. (page 242)

Renshaw, William, Dr. - came to Wise County in 1859 to Catlett Creek bottom east of Decatur, practiced his profession, moved to Decatur in 1870 and ultimately was interested in a drug store business. (page 262)

Rucker, James C. - came to Wise County in 1855; Mexican War veteran; Confederate soldier six months, then transferred to the frontier protection guard. (page 324)

Shoemaker, A.H., Capt. - numbered among the strongest and most original of early Wise County citizens; came very early to Wise County (page 189)

Shoemaker, M.W. - came to Wise County in 1859 (page 336)

Terrell, Samuel L. - came in 1854 to Wise County near Denton Creek; was selected as one of the first County Commissioners upon organization of the county in 1856 and also elected Justice of the Peace for his precinct. Moved to Decatur and conducted a merchandise establishment and erected the first stone building in Decatur. (page 244)

Vesey, Randolph "Ran" "Old Ran" "Uncle Ran" - were his better known names; best known colored citizen of the time; popular fiddler; came to Wise County after the War; captured by Indians. (page 353)

Waggoner, Daniel - married Nancy Moore in Hopkins County and had one son, W.T. Waggoner; at age 21 (born in 1828) he came to Wise County, then in its wildest and most unsettled state; after his first wife's death he married Sicily Halsell, daughter of Electious Halsell; located two miles from Decatur, but then bought a ranch and 200 head of cattle in western Wise County in the vicinity of Cactus Hill. This small first purchase was gradually enlarged until finally the Waggoner brand became the most numerous in this section of Texas. (page 295)

Waggoner, John T. - came to Wise County in 1854 settling two miles northwest of Decatur. (page 327)

Wasson, John A. - came to Wise County in 1859; was a peace officer in Decatur as well as involved in farming and cattle driving. (page 265)

White, J.D. - came to wise County in 1856; taught school at Sand Hill; in 1858 elected Assessor and Collector of taxes for Wise County for two terms; County School Superintendent for a year after the war; County Commissioner for six years; he saw the beginning of Indian troubles as well as the end having fought in the memorable last fight which the Indians waged against the county (Huff family massacre). His wife, Mary Perrin, came with her family to Wise in 1854 and she was a pupil in the first county school. (page 175)

In 2018 the Wise County Genealogy Society gave a tour and program about some of the interesting burials in the cemetery. One of those was about Charles Arthur. He has no headstone, but his relatives are buried in this area. Pictures below:

Joyce Horton, the Oaklawn Cemetery Secretary, sent us the new burials for the cemetery for 1918 and 1919. Below is a table of that information:

Last, First Birth Date Death Date Find a Grave Lot Block Space # Notes Memorial recenty added by David pitts
Adams, Johnny Adele 8/1/1954 6/6/2019 206133966   15   Designated area; on W½ curbed lot in sp S of Oscar Gardner
Alonso, Juan Jose 3/5/1934 10/13/2019 204018709 7 5 2 sp. In SE corner Juan Jose Alonso lot  
Amonett, Walter Crindon 9/13/1934 6/29/2018 191002125 1 36 37-38    
Anderson, Peggy Lou (nee: Scott) 12/25/1929 3/1/2019 44006719 4 29 46-48 W. H. & Peggy Anderson lot  
Antonucci, Thomas 1/31/1964 11/17/2018 207315484 3 35 41-42   *
Ashley, Bobbie Faye 5/26/1933 7/24/2018 191670875 26 13   buried in sp. 34; Madeline Covington lot
Basinger, Denzil 10/21/1950 3/28/2019 198176484 1 34 40-41 Denzil Basinger lot  
Bell, Robert J. 8/29/1926 4/27/2019 207315689   8   Designated area; in sp S of Maude Buckley in NE corner Bk 8, in 2nd row from east side *
Betty, Joyce Nell (nee:Overton) 2/28/1937 8/20/2019 203004530 5 33 1-2 Mrs. Winfred Betty lot  
Bevil, John Embry 5/22/1946 11/14/2019 207315942 14-15 6   Buried sp next to Oleta Beville; C. T. Beville lot *
Boston, Joann (nee: Brazil) 12/24/1937 12/8/2018 44007012 1 30 37-42 Jared & Sierra Howard lot  
Boyd, Jack Woody 12/14/1932 10/29/2019 207315992 2 28 7-9 & 28-30 Jack Boyd lot *
Brock, Betty Laverne (no photo) 9/16/1934 5/12/2018 189681613 1 34 16-17 Bill Powers lot  
Brown, Emma Ruth (nee: Kincaid) 11/11/1924 10/19/2019 204069335 4 17   G. W. Kincaid lot  
Byrd, William James 3/8/1989 2/14/2018 190029249 3 34 23-24    
Byrd, William Lloyd 9/9/1959 3/25/2018 207316214 3 34 23-24   *
Cain, Terry Don 11/9/1961 6/4/2019 199767350 7 20   Joe Carson & Linda Duke lot  
Carpenter, John William 12/23/1957 8/2/2019 201837067 2 106 2-6 & 15-19 Velma Carpenter lot  
Carson, J. E. (John Edgar) 10/4/1928 10/1/2018 193688297 1 103 10-15    
Cartwright, Robert Lee 8/29/1946 11/27/2019 205247033 27 21 South Addn. Lee Cartwright lot  
Cates Jr., William Robert 11/4/1926 2/20/2019 197053098 4 30 14-15 Linda & William R. Cates Jr. lot  
Cates, Janice Martin 2/3/1928 12/24/2018 195601285 3 23 7-12    
Chaney, Peggy Fern Gulley 3/12/1933 7/21/2019 207318109 4 31 43-44 Peggy Chaney lot *
Childers, Dale 12/5/1955 6/11/2018 190574080 4 19      
Clements, Mary Louise  11/7/1920 10/31/2019 204401612 23 13   Lee Daniels lot  
Coffey, Beverly Ann Suter 2/17/1957 1/30/2018 190087466 74 IOOF 2 sp. In NW corner    
Coffey, Jimmy L. 12/9/1952 12/5/2019 205344511 74 IOOF 2 sp. In NW corner Jimmy Coffey lot  
Corbell, Rosie Lee (nee: Redding) 8/10/1916 10/4/2019 44007605 2 30 9-11 Olen C. Corbell lot  
Cordero, Edward 11/18/1937 7/8/2018 191278902 1 36 23-24    
Crain, Warren Clendenin 3/28/1933 1/29/2018 186950338 1 36 45-46    
Cude, Margaret Ann (nee: Gettys) 9/7/1923 9/7/2019 203381321 15 IOOF   M. L. & Margaret Cude lot  
Davis Jr., Theodore Grant 3/15/1931 3/11/2001 207318176 5 36 1-10 & 25-34 Dis-interred & moved from Wichita Kansas to Oaklawn Cemetery in 2018 *
Davis, Norma Joyce Lee 12/21/1931 9/22/2018 193368344 5 36 1-10 & 25-34    
Dawson, Weldon 1/2/1949 12/27/2018 195647786   15      
Dunn, Linda Carol (nee: Stack) 10/18/1949 7/26/2018 191695166 4 35 36-37    
Durham, Linda Lou (nee: Auerbach) 6/8/1946 5/18/2019 199250171 N½ 29 6   Ben Durham lot  
Faulkner, Ben Terry 7/5/1935 5/27/2019 199567167 103 IOOF 2 sp. In E½ of N½ Ben T. & Dona Faulkner lot  
Fellers, Ruth 5/19/1927 12/4/2018 207318229 1 36 21-22   *
Flippin, Carl W. 5/3/1919 1/17/2019 44007957 5 30 9-14 Carl W. & Helen Flippin lot  
Ford, Sylvia Fern Hughes (nee: Hale) 5/19/1932 12/21/2018 195512444 30 A South Addn.    
Fox, Marshall 7/20/1949 4/20/2019 207318276 4 6 1 sp. In SE ¼  Marshall Fox lot *
Galindo, Guadalupe (nee: Herrera) 1/4/1947 1/7/2019 196036118 5 34 20-21 Melchor Galindo lot  
Garcia, Layla 11/4/2018 11/4/2018 194581146          
Garrett, Orlie Leon 9/30/1938 6/22/2018 190824865 44 3      
Gayler, Linda F. King Bishop 5/5/1941 6/15/2019 207318330 3 29 25-28 Linda Bishop lot *
Gaytan, Maria E. 4/14/1952 5/7/2018 190824865 4 34 6    
Gomez, Jaime 8/19/1966 3/6/2018 187868442 6 31 13-14    
Hale, Joe Cody 6/12/1924 12/27/2019 207318362 2 103 20-21 Joe Cody Hale lot *
Hancock Jr., Sidney Leon 12/28/1932 5/5/2019 44008382 5 101 6-8, 21-23 Mrs. S. L. Hancock lot  
Hargrove, Imogene "Tommie" 9/2/1929 2/8/2019 196736760 3 36 21-24 Kyle Stephens lot  
Harlan, George 7/4/1919 1/24/2019 200376923 29 21 South Addn. George & Margaret Harlan lot  
Helf, Stella Morris Massey 1/18/1933 12/10/2018 195800101 77 IOOF      
Henderson, Maximus Kain 11/29/2018 11/29/2018 207318593 3rd row from W side 5 Babyland   *
Hill, Patrick W. 3/17/1957 5/5/2018 207318611 5 35 37-38   *
Hlavek, Allen Jimmie Pinkerton 10/3/1926 7/2/2019 44008529 1 27 5-8 Robert F. Hlavek lot  
Hodges, Tommie Ann 1/22/1924 8/18/2018 44008544 2 31 18-22 & 42-46    
Janecka, Lela Frances Garrett 8/19/1934 11/25/2019 44008739 4 25 17-20 J. F. Janecka lot  
Kirk, James H. 1/2/1942 2/20/2019 197022049 2 30 25-30 James Kirk lot  
Kuykendall, Barbara Sue 2/12/1933 8/11/2019 202238440 2 29 9-12 Gerald R. & Barbara Kuykendall lot  
Lacour, Cora Davena 11/30/1943 11/21/2018 207318630 2 33 25   *
Leake, Mary Jo 10/15/1927 5/19/2019 99175297 1 101 5-10, 15-20 Gene Leake lot  
Leal, Lydia 1/18/1946 9/21/2018 193351135 6 34 47-48    
Lee, Laura Jean 1/21/1960 9/28/2019 207318682 1 34 48 Laura Lee lot *
Lide, Evelyn 8/31/1931 5/20/2018 189957983 N½ 8 16      
Lipsey Jr., Garland Ray 8/4/1937 9/18/2018 44009093 2 25 8-10 & 18-20    
Little, Sandra 6/17/1941 1/5/2019 196031450 2 36 21-24 Melvin & Sandra Little lot  
Lovell, Gordon Lynn 9/14/2020 12/8/2018 44009126 N½ 28 6      
Maltsberger, Evelyn 4/4/1931 4/19/2019 98774934 2 102 13-15 Dixie & Evelyn Maltsberger lot  
Man, Benjamin Russell 8/12/1935 5/23/2019 207323082 27 6   W. B. Man Estate lot *
Mann, June Lavell 5/13/1931 11/30/2018 195089467 8 12      
Martin, Jonnie Walker 6/4/1959 8/6/2019 195089467 6 15   1st sp in far NE corner Chisum lot  
Massey, Greta Ann Murphree 5/24/1967 12/13/2019 207323229 1 33 1-4, 25-28 Gloria Murphree lot *
Mayabb, Mildred A. Rhoads 5/14/1927 2/19/2018 44009272 N½ 30 2 South Addn.    
McClure, Lawanna 1/1/1932 4/26/2018 44009288 1 26 15-18    
McWhirter, Shirley Ellen 6/12/1938 5/9/2019 44009380 95 IOOF   D. L. McWhirter lot  
Mecaskey, Melissa Ann 7/1/1981 3/20/2019 197946477 7 1   F. C. Mecaskey lot  
Medina, Alfredo 4/1/1957 9/16/2019 203224510 6 36 45-46 Alfredo Medina lot  
Meek, Dianna Jean Lowrimore 3/6/1948 6/12/2019 200127663 1 31 25-28 Dennis Meek lot  
Mitchell, Evelyn Crain 7/19/1925 4/15/2018 44009468 3 104 7-8    
Monk, Nathan Glenn 9/27/1953 4/10/2019 198377914 6 20   Charles Morris lot  
Morse, James Rickie 3/12/1952 11/26/2019 205142673 5 34 34 James Morse lot  
Mote, Richard Dodson 10/24/1950 3/7/2019 207323401 29 17   Dodson lot *
Moua, Cheu Chou 6/4/1921 8/26/2018 207323595 1a 28 6a-7a   *
Mueller, Ross 4/13/1937 12/11/2019 207323782 2 29 39-40 Ross Mueller lot *
Niblett, Mary Jane 9/19/1947 10/23/2019 204163752 1 36 41-42 Gene Niblett lot  
North, Montie L. 3/21/1922 11/3/2019 44009652 17 B South Addn. Mrs. Walter J. North lot  
Norton, Charles "Chuck" Lloyd 10/28/1943 3/29/2019 197938148 3 22   Johnny King lot  
Nunez, Felipe 11/26/1941 10/6/2019 203738486 3 36 46-47 Felipe Nunez lot  
Pacheco-Garcia, Layla 11/4/2018 11/4/2018 194581146 4 31 7    
Pearson, Ruth Elizabeth 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 198871949 1 32   Rachel Chapman lot  
Perez, Julie 4/1/1992 10/18/2018 194144671 5 34 7-10    
Perez, Nicholas 10/20/1976 2/6/2018 187160467 4 34 29    
Phipps, Paula Elizabeth Duty 12/30/1961 2/27/2018 187670651 3 31 1-6 & 25-31    
Pinkerton, Daisy Ann Whitaker 12/12/1925 1/15/2018 44009841 2 28 15-18    
Ploeger, Gordon Jacob 10/11/1937 3/1/2019 198204733 2 36   Roxie Ploeger lot  
Polone, Rosalie Kay 4/28/1938 10/13/2018 207324570 3 34 40-41   *
Reed, Cody Joe 8/20/1996 4/13/2019 198376294 4 36   Monty & Penny Reed lot  
Reed, Gene Ward 1/24/1929 4/19/2018 189205271 12 18      
Renshaw Jr., Samuel Worthington 5/20/1923 7/3/2018 191100043 S of 19 3      
Richardson, Mary Ellen Coon 8/14/1927 9/4/2019 203376654 3 36 48 Mary Richardson lot  
Roberts, Doris Jean 1/26/1931 4/4/2018 44010211 1 104 23-24    
Roberts, Elizabeth Jean 11/16/1946 12/6/2018 195297181 4 35 47-48    
Robinson, Harold Ray 11/9/1935 6/12/2018 44010247 1 107 9-13 & 22-26    
Rodriguez, Esperanza 11/30/1938 4/2/2018 188756370 5 34 13    
Rodriguez, Javier 3/24/1968 3/23/2018 207324774 5 34 14   *
Roop Jr., Moran Carl 8/29/1934 11/4/2018 194546485 2 10      
Rosa Jr., Rolando 9/18/1963 12/3/2018 195159197 6 34 7-8    
Sandlin, Emma Grace 6/22/2018 9/28/2018 193632233 3 31 32    
Sartain, Diana  (Jim Paul Sartain) 8/15/1941***** 4/13/2018**** 189623751 3 36 1-2    
Seay, Laniece Wilkins 10/1/1928 10/17/2018 207325062 2 107 1-2   *
Shelton, Landon Miles 11/3/1994 12/20/2019 207325231 1 30 3 Landon Shelton lot * death year probably wrong
Sherman, Ima Ruth Cooper 5/29/1938 9/27/2018 193504454 1A 12      
Sibley, John Warren 2/21/1943 4/14/2019 198859197 2 33 19 Jennifer Chaney for John Warren Sibley lot
Sierra, Primitivo 11/10/1953 2/4/2019 196661951 6 34 22-24 Erica Augilar for Primitivo Sierra lot  
Simeroth, Joe Perry 9/1/1928 5/1/2018 189435486 1 D      
Singleton, Jerilynn Ann Luttrell 2/18/1942 10/10/2019 204020441 alley E 16 2   Faye Singleton lot  
Spann, Anna 4/8/1930 9/30/2019 44010597 1 106 16-19 Joe & Anna Spann lot  
Spann, Lorene 2/21/1936 2/10/2019 196823887 4 101 4-7 Paul Spann lot  
Steelman, Timothy Charles 11/29/1959 12/10/2018 195294622 4 34 21-22    
Stockton, Wayne 9/30/1932 4/4/2019 198177703 E½ 47 IOOF   Alma Elsom & Mary Beth Stockton lot
Stone, Billy Wayne 4/13/1939 7/20/2018 44010732 3 30 36-45    
Taylor, Charles Herman 7/1/1933 8/23/2019 203369544 6 36 37-38 Sylvia Taylor lot  
Taylor, Delbert Junior 1/20/1927 6/24/2018 190876376 4 30 9-Aug    
Tilotta, Charles Anthony 5/30/1953 2/26/2019 197189731 3 36 5-6, 29-30 Nicky Tilotta lot; sp 5  
Upton, Roland 7/30/1947 6/28/2018 191021880 1 36 32-33    
Walk, Sandra Gay Myers 10/1/1939 7/20/2019 44011043 2 101 27-28 William Walk lot  
Walker, Laura Gardner 6/10/1926 11/25/2018 195100032   15      
Ward, Cecil Edward 3/28/1934 4/15/2019 97551102 2 105 28-29 Cecil & Florence Ward lot  
Weaver, Cynthia Jane Childers 9/26/1929 7/11/2019 44011118 4 19   Eddie Childers lot  
Webb, James Taylor 7/29/1948 7/2/2019 200854047 8 5 north end Lot 8 Teresa Webb lot  
Wetsel, Albert Darrell 4/7/1933 10/4/2019 203587631 1 36 39-40 Albert Wetsel lot  
Wetsel, Joyce 12/20/1935 4/7/2018 188736252 1 36 39-40    
Wiley, Billy Ray 12/7/1926 6/10/2019 200050508 1 29 23-24 Billy Wiley lot  
Willis, Gary Dee 8/18/1939 2/27/2019 197189825 5 35 34-35 Gary D. & Peggy Willis lot  
Wood, Annie Lee Reeves 8/9/1922 1/28/2018 186984389 29 3      
Woodruff  Jr., W. B. 8/27/1925 4/27/2018 189622029 2 28 1-6 & 19-27    
Works, Jacquelyn "Jackie" 10/24/1947 9/6/2019 203381151 6 104 10-15 C. B. Works lot  
Zinn, Eva Wynell 3/7/1931 2/23/2018 187619909 2 31 39-41    

Oct 2021. Joyce Horton, the Oaklawn Cemetery Secretary, sent us some more new burial information. This data is not yet in the complete tables.

Oaklawn 2020 Burials sent by Joyce Horton
First Last Birth Date Death Date Lot Block Space # Lot Name
Joyce Elaine Askey 10/18/1937 8/9/2020 9 18   William Alvin Askey lot
Nelda Fay Askey 1/8/1934 9/14/2020 9 18   William Alvin Askey lot
Dolores Singleton Beaver 2/23/1960 5/31/2020 5 36 46-48 Dale Beaver lot
Stacie Renee Bolin 2/10/1983 9/19/2020 4 34 23 Mary Matlock for Stacie Bolin space
Cecil Dodd Bowling 12/12/1944 4/24/2020 2 B   Ray O'Neal lot
Lahoma Cartwright 11/1/1923 12/7/2020 27 21 South Addn. Lee Cartwright lot
Carolyn Joy Staley Cheatham 10/23/1930 6/18/2020 1 34 38-39 Mrs. Joseph A. Cheatham lot
J'Lynn Congdon 1/13/1965 7/28/2020 2 29 3 James & Janis Alling
Ruby Nell Cook 11/11/1940 9/8/2020 5 36 11-12 Tom Cook lot
Norman Eugene Corbell 2/5/1947 9/3/2020 2 30 9-11 Olen C. Corbell lot
Robert Creamer 9/4/1950 10/31/2020 6 36 22-24 Ginny Creamer lot
Melton Cude 6/22/1955 11/29/2020 15 IOOF   M. L. Cude lot
Milvern L. Cude 5/10/1923 7/22/2020 15 IOOF   M. L. Cude lot
Tommy Cunnius 1/8/1943 10/24/2020 3 31 14-15 Tommy & Kathy Cunnius lot
Max Domingo Jr. 8/14/1952 9/13/2020 2 5   H. H. Halsell lot
Catherine "Katie" Ann Douglas 9/17/2001 11/9/2020 4 29 25 Don Langley for Catherine "Katie" Douglas space
Roberta "Bobbie" L. Douglas 1/28/1968 10/12/2020 4 29 1 Don Langley for Roberta "Bobbie" Douglas space
Rebecca Deandra Elosegui 5/9/1970 5/26/2020 4 34 9-10 Ruben Elosegui lot
Andrew Clifford Erickson 8/27/1988 2/19/2020 1 36 47 Laura Erickson (Mrs. Andrew C. Erickson) lot
Auscencio Fernandez 12/18/1928 2/12/2020 6 34 44-45 Armando Fernandez for Auscencio Fernandez sp.
Edna L. Fitzgerald 8/11/1945 7/18/2020 1 29 34-37 Edna Fitzgerald lot
Bobby Joe Fowler Sr. 5/31/1943 8/15/2020 6a 17   L. H. Guthrie lot
Roberto Fraire 7/11/1957 9/27/2020 4 34 32-34 Diana Fraire lot
Alfredo Garcia 6/8/1982 8/27/2020 6 34 30 Sylvia Garcia for Alfredo Garcia space
Omadell Alice Garnett 9/3/1925 7/29/2020 1 30 8-9 Omadell Garnett lot
Josefina Rodriguez Gonzalez 3/19/1947 8/20/2020 6 31 31 Manuela Romero for Josefina Gonzalez space
Carl Thomas Greer 4/22/1928 2/15/2020 9 18   Carl Greer & William Alvin Askey lot
Wanda Ruth Hancock 3/22/1931 2/2/2020 5 101 6-8 & 21-23 Mrs. S. L. Hancock lot
Timothy Jay Harrell 8/31/1941 12/1/2020 19 IOOF   Calhoun lot
Patricia Ann Henry 6/12/1940 5/11/2020 2 31 30-31 Patricia Henry lot
Eula Ann Hoefle 2/2/1934 10/29/2020 3 31 12-13 Ann Hoefle (Mrs. John Hoefle) lot
Willard Ervin Howell 9/5/1925 12/15/2020 3 17   Frank Stevens lot
Basil Landon Hoyl Jr. 11/11/1960 10/3/2020 15 2 North   Shelby Hoyl lot
Molly Sue Davenport Hull 8/3/1933 3/11/2020 27 17   Arnold Davenport lot
Martha Ann Jameson 9/17/1929 8/18/2020 4 29 42-45 George W. Jameson lot
Opal Keenan 1/28/1932 6/3/2020 3 34 3-4 Opal Keenan (Mrs. Richard Keenan) lot
Alton H. Kite 7/8/1931 5/1/2020 16 12   Madge Burnett lot
Linda Sharon Elliott Laird 5/27/1945 12/24/2020 7 16   Tom Laird lot
Linda Ann Elsom Lambert 12/27/1954 9/12/2020 58 IOOF   Claud Elsom lot
Mary Lambert 5/25/1926 11/29/2020 1 28 10-12 Dr. Paul Lambert lot
Brady Vincent Landers 10/12/1963 10/1/2020 3 30 7-8 Mary L. Landers lot
Humberto Artemio Leal 10/9/1941 12/19/2020 6 34 47-48 Humberto Leal lot
Lillie Dean Lefler 9/29/1932 5/31/2020 1 33 5-6 Lillie Dean Lefler (Mrs. J. W. Lefler)
James Edward Luttrell 12/28/1933 9/2/2020 5 30 32-33 James Luttrell lot
Helen Maldonado 6/1/1933 4/1/2020 1 30 12-13 Helen Maldonado (Mrs. Edward Maldonado) lot
Jose Emanuel Aguilar Marin 10/9/2001 12/17/2020 5 31 46 Saul Martinez lot
Luz Antonia Martinez 5/12/2019 12/17/2020 5 31 46 Saul Martinez lot
Ismael Ramirez Martinez Sr. 5/20/1957 2/27/2020 5 31 23-24 Saul Martinez lot
Joel Martinez-Ramirez 12/26/1969 12/17/2020 5 31 48 Saul Martinez lot
Charles B. Mecaskey 12/24/1924 6/21/2020 7 1   F. C. Mecaskey lot
Imogene S. Mecaskey 1/11/1930 10/17/2020 7 1   F. C. Mecaskey lot
Jerry T. Mecaskey 2/20/1931 12/2/2020 7 1   F. C. Mecaskey lot
Vera Marie Mecaskey 11/21/1932 4/14/2020 7 1   F. C. Mecaskey lot
Mercedes Medina 9/24/1959 11/30/2020 6 36 45-46 Geraldo Medina lot
Johnny William Melson 8/23/1949 9/5/2020 13 14 2 sp in NW ¼ Deanna Melson lot
Maria Elba Mendez 6/7/1971 3/25/2020 4 34 19-20 Pedro & Maria Mendez lot
Claudine Etheridge Mitchell 3/5/1936 9/12/2020 4 34 13-15 Bobby Joe & Claudine Mitchell lot
Robert Howell Moss 9/22/1929 1/1/2020 13 14 2 sp in SW ¼ R. H. & Willie Mae Moss lot
Mary Ruth Roberts Myers 10/11/1952 9/23/2020 1 B   Frank Roberts lot
Barbara Nason 3/21/1944 11/2/2020 5 33 3-4 Barbara Nason
Antonia Ortiz 6/13/1937 10/26/2020 6 31 27 Antonio Ortiz lot
Epifanio Padron 1/30/1949 12/23/2020 5 34 47 Maria Epifanio (Mrs. Epifanio) for his space
James Daniel Padron 12/20/1998 7/14/2020 7 104 28 Francisco Padron for James Daniel Padron space
Gregory Jon Peden 3/20/1951 6/19/2020 1 30 28-30 Hope Peden lot
Antonia Perez 7/10/1933 9/21/2020 3 36 7-8 Raudel Perez for Jose & Antonia Perez lot
Jose Perez 3/19/1932 4/24/2020 3 36 7-8 Raudel Perez for Jose & Antonia Perez lot
Susan G. Perry 1/8/1948 3/27/2020 4 35 40-41 Carl Perry lot
Ruben Logan Pinkerton 7/16/1929 7/4/42020 43 IOOF   Allen (A. J.) Pinkerton lot
Martha Gay Pliler 4/18/1957 5/6/2020 5 36 23-24 Don Pliler lot
Joyce Ann Simmons Polk 3/7/1949 5/30/2020 6 12   Joe Simmons lot
Ronald Frances Pulaski 4/7/1941 5/9/2020 2 36 13-15 Karen Pulaski lot
Larry Nolan Rawle 10/13/1943 11/23/2020 4 101 9-14 & 24-29 Harless Rhine Sr. lot
Travis R. Roberts 9/12/1935 1/8/2020 4 29 21-22 Travis Roberts lot
Judy Rae Spencer Sampler 10/11/1948 9/30/2020 1 106 25-26 Eddie Sampler lot
Jesus Sandate 2/6/1951 12/18/2020 5 31 15-16 Jesus & Yolanda Sandate lot
Yolanda Sandate 10/9/1954 1/27/2020 5 31 15-16 Jesus & Yolanda Sandate lot
Ezell Singleton Sr. 3/11/1933 7/13/2020 W of Lot 9 15   Ezell Singleton lot
Gladys Ann Moss Smith 5/13/1958 12/2/2020 5 27 17-18 Gladys Smith (Mrs. George Robert Smith) lot
Clyde Spain Jr. 12/24/1924 3/16/2020 S½ of 2 22   C. W. Spain lot
Adeinia Nell Spencer 4/12/1944 2/2/2020 2 31 15-17 Earl & Florene Spencer lot
Shirley Roberts Stewart 4/21/1951 9/23/2020 4 31 39 James & Wanda Cox lot
Josef Stransky 1/18/1942 8/21/2020 3 33 11-12 Josef & Emilie Stransky lot
Dollie Imogene Suter 5/7/1927 7/21/2020 NE corner of 74 IOOF   C. W. Suter lot
Brian Richard Thompson 7/4/1960 4/26/2020 2 36 35-40 John Thompson lot
Brigida Trevina 10/8/1927 2/25/2020 1 36 1 Lupe Guia for Pedro & Brigida Trevina lot
Manshadow Waylett 11/16/1937 5/24/2020 82 IOOF   Charles T. Gettys lot
Mildred Ruby Heath White 10/5/1926 3/29/2020 1 104 12-13 & 27-28 Herbert White lot
Theo Marie Morris Wilson 2/28/1924 8/13/2020 81 IOOF   C. O. Wilson & Isom Thornton lot
James F. Wood 11/4/1937 4/22/2020 1 35 3-12 & 18-27 James & Shirley Wood lot
add older burials (ashes)              
Pedro Trevino 5/13/1930 12/18/2012 1 36 1 Lupe Guia for Pedro & Brigida Trevina lot
Kimberly Lynn  Lightfoot 10/20/1959 12/11/2019 2 34 32 Michelle & Sadie Lightfoot lot
Kathy Hamilton Cunnius 2/27/1947 12/10/2017 3 31 14-15 Tommy & Kathy Cunnius lot
SAND HILL CEMETERY              
Larry Keith Caston 2/23/1965 12/28/2020 3   12-13 Lesa Caston lot